In a public library?! WTH? The funny thing is that the person taking pictures at the library was herself a librarian in town for a library conference! The whole story is told in the comments.
No Photography Allowed!
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HOW INTERESTING....NO POSTS
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Unfortunately since 9/11,lots of people in public buildings view anyone with a camera as a potential terrorist scouting the facility, with the possible intent of doing dastardly deeds.....I think its time we lightened up a tad.
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You know, there use to be a thing called common sence. I've been wondering for some time now where did it go and why.
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Canon is hiding it somewhere, that's why they can find so many new customers :>)
Pete
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"Canon is hiding it somewhere, that's why they can find so many new customers :>)"
Now thats funny ;)
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This is one reason why nikon needs to release that little hybrid that has a sensor with a 17mm image circle. You slap a 70-200 on your SLR and automatically people assume you're some kind of spy.
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And when an actually spy wants to take a picture he uses an iphone and people just look at him like he's cool because he has an iphone.
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After reading how DSLR-tourists in London were pulled aside by the police for taking snapshots of the city's iconic buildings and the advertising campaign that points out that the person next to you with a camera might be a terrorist, I'm not really surprised at news like this. I no longer remember where I read about those, if someone has the links, you are welcome to post them here.
However at my local library I wield my camera with the tripod to take pictures of magazine ads for a client and the library has no problems with it as they don't have a colour photocopier/scanner.
EDIT: Found the links
http://www.photographyblog.com/news/pblog_editor_stopped_and_searched/
http://www.photographyblog.com/news/photography_is_not_a_crime/Posted 3 years ago # -
Wow, but this is something that police will newer be able to control, yes they can target people with larger gear, but as Camera/Phones gets better and better almost everyone would have a device in there hands at all times that could take a picture of any terrorist target if they wanted to. Not to mention the latest Google Picture Map thing. It would be a lot smarter to give the police a camera, then take a picture of people that they find of interest
Pete
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In this article a man was in "breach of the peace" for taking pictures at a lake with his D200 and 18-200 lens. He did absolutely nothing wrong (according to police themselves) but was told if he didn't stop taking photos and leave he would be arrested! All because there were kids present at the lake wearing wet suits!!!!
I'm sure that if it would have been a woman photographer nobody would have thought to call police.
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Not so useful in England which is rapidly degenerating into a more extreme surveillance society than the USA could have dreamed possible 8 years ago, but the Americans may find Bert Krages's flyer handy?
http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm
Actually, he links to some similar guides for the UK, NSW, and Portugal...
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Yes Niko,that one probably ticks me off more than people thinking that everyone with cameras are automatically terriorists. Children are wonderful subjects.Beautiful and innocent and with a joy for life that most of us old timers have mostly forgotten. I only take photos of family members now though, because so many people think that you must be a pedifile if you are taking pictures of kids. Very,very sad.
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I was once at an outdoor photo shoot of a vehicle and a guy walks up to me asking me why I was taking pictures of him in a very angry confrontational tone. I look around at my assistants wonder if the guy was joking and all I got back from them was "don't look at us, you deal with the crazy guy" kinda faces. I explained to the "gentleman" that I was photographing the car and I had no interest in taking his picture.
He was adamant that I was taking his picture because he saw me repeatedly point the camera at him, and he wanted to know why! I could tell all he wanted to do was cause a "big scene" so I simple took him over to a laptop and showed him all the pictures and angles that I was shooting the car at. I finally found a sequence of about 3 shots that had him in the distant background walking across the frame.
"THERE! THERE! You see!" he says excitedly "proving me wrong". I nod my head and say OK let me delete them. I hit delete and we shook hands and off he went, but before he left I fired off a few shots from the camera with him clearly in front of the car. He stops and turns and I continue shooting "the car" before he finished moving out of the way, but I guess he was just convinced that I "wasn't taking his picture" which at that point I clearly was. My assistants all thought it was quite funny and it's now a "running joke" every time THEY show up in the background of an image and ask in a defiant tone, "are you taking my picture?!"
As for the "deleted" pictures I simply got them out of my computer's "trash can" afterwards.
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I love that story, Niko.
I won't take pictures of kids unless I have the parents' permission, either. It's really too bad. Like shutterdancer said, kids playing make such beautiful subjects.Posted 3 years ago # -
Something else has come up on this subject, a BBC photographer was stopped by the police: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8384972.stm
Found a site on the subject that collects such news and has also compiled the rights of photographers and the possible laws that govern your movements and actions: http://www.urban75.org/photos/photographers-rights-and-the-law.html#legal
I think that this is a must-read for anyone in or visiting the UK with a half decent camera set.
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Wow, great finds, Monty.
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I think what we need is more street photography. Keeps police and everyone else honest. I take any picture I want when I'm shooting. If people don't want their picture taken when in public, don't go in public. Kids get no special treatment, nor do cops, if I want their picture I take it. I've been threatened but not arrested.
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ted2001 said:
I think what we need is more street photography. Keeps police and everyone else honest. I take any picture I want when I'm shooting. If people don't want their picture taken when in public, don't go in public. Kids get no special treatment, nor do cops, if I want their picture I take it. I've been threatened but not arrested.Photographer in London should organize photo days, Simply get as many with DSLR preferable and go around central London take pictures, have people ready with Camcorders, News etc. Simply make the police look like idiots. If you take London most buildings have been photographed by millions of people
Anyway Jeff Overs should have used a Canon, I think Canon is giving a large donation to the London Police force to have them pick on Nikon users
Pete
BTW Tedd be careful with the kids shots, last year one fellow did end up in Jail for a few months for doing just that
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btw, I make a distinction between having people in my shots and shoving a telephoto in their faces. I do the former, not the latter. I also think that because that is my attitude - almost hey -- get outta my shot -- lessens the risk of them messing with me. This only works in the US for me (primarily San Francisco). I'd never be quite so bold in Brazil.
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Yeah I don't think being confrontational/defiant is a good idea. Law enforcement is never going to suddenly say, "Oh hey your right, please forgive me and take as many pictures of these kids playing in front of a federal building as you like. You know more about photography law then I do"
That's not going to happen. If law enforcement asks you to stop and leave then do it. I'm not at all for losing my rights, of course NOT, but "making a scene" and getting arrested isn't going to help you either.
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Rally for Concerned Photographers Sunday, August 29th 2010
http://www.artsfreedomaustralia.com/blog/?p=99Yup too lazy to create a new thread .. and its related anyway . :-)
So For any in Sydney Australia that is keen to join the demonstration look up the website and I may see you there..
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That's scary, I couldn't imagine needing to get a permit to take photos in a park.
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A homeless-looking beggar was attracting attention by displaying his dragon Iguana in a tourist area. Many were taking pictures so I wanted to do the same.
When he saw me with my D700, he start asking about who I was working for and what kind of fortune I would be making with his stupid Iguana on a leash. He then asked me to pay him for the picture I took.
One of my neighbors came out of her house asking me for which magazine I was taking the picture of one of her flower from the sidewalk. When I said I was doing it for my own, she start saying I was lying and I was going to make a calendar and that she should have some of the money and invited me to her backyard where better flowers could be found.
Stupidity and greed is everywhere.
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